FAQ

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Who is agriculture worker?

"Agriculture worker means a worker who is working in any form of farming including the production, cultivation, growing and harvesting of any agricultural or horticultural commodity and the tillage of soil, dairy farming, the raising of live-stock bees
or poultry and any practice performed by a farmer or on a farm as incidental to or in conjunction with farm operation (including any forestry or timbering operations and the preparation for market and delivery to storage or to market or to carriage for transportation
to market of farm produce)".

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What is the minimum wage for Agriculture worker?

"The rate of Minimum wage for Agriculture is Rs.120/- at present and it is proposed in the month of February, 2014 to raise it to Rs.150/-".

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What is the Minimum wage for sugarcane worker?

"It is proposed in the month of February, 2014 to raise it to Rs.300/- per ton/per Koyta".